novelonline Chapter 2439 Dance and Interrogation
Chapter 2439 Dance and Interrogation
Chapter 2439 Dance and Interrogation
At the banquet that evening, almost all the guests appeared extremely happy, even excited.
Miss Belindel concluded afterwards that most people in the city had seen the signs that something big was about to happen, and everyone was looking for the last bit of fun before this "catastrophe" that could not be avoided.
Margaret held this banquet to promote the royal family's disaster relief policy and further strengthen the royal family's influence. From the purpose, she was quite successful. Not only did the public fundraising before the ball receive much more financial support than originally planned, but even the local nobles privately expressed their willingness to bypass the seven major families and discuss some matters with the royal family alone.
"They are worried that they will have nowhere to go after the destruction of Moon Bay, so they established good relations with us in advance."
While being hugged by Shade and dancing, Margaret, in an unusually good mood, smiled and said to Shade:
"Although it's a bit wrong to say this, the big event in Yuewan actually had a positive effect on the Anjou family."
"You have basically achieved the purpose of this visit. You have done a great job, Margaret."
Xia De also praised, which made Her Royal Highness feel better:
"My eldest brother Samuel is currently handling the reorganization of the Kingdom's army, but I heard a few days ago that my second brother William also wants to come to Yuewan to assist me."
An expression of disgust and resentment appeared on her face:
"Everyone can see clearly what he wants to do. My people secretly informed me, and my father reprimanded him in private and said some unpleasant things."
Then he laughed again:
"Although MI6 and the Gray Gloves will certainly continue to fight overtly and covertly here after I leave Moon Bay and finish my visit, at least my mission is accomplished."
She raised her head slightly and looked at Xia De:
"But after leaving this time, I don't know when we will see each other again."
"At least you're not going back to Willendel tomorrow."
Shad said, and Margaret nodded, biting her lip as Shad spun her around to the music:
"I now understand why the princess from the North Kingdom likes to watch opera so much. If you have time after this matter is over, would you be willing to accompany me to watch the opera again?"
Shade blinked:
"of course."
Margaret resisted the urge to kiss him:
"Then I'll have to prepare a few more dresses in advance."
The party lasted until late at night. Shad did not go home immediately, but returned to the ship and the manor to visit Dorothy and Lesia respectively.
Just when he was talking to Dorothy and Luvia, who were changing into pajamas and preparing to rest on the boat - they were staying in the room next to the first-class cabin, the sudden and violent shaking of the ship caused Dorothy to fall directly into Shad's arms.
Luvia just grabbed Shade's shoulders:
"what happened?"
But it was not an enemy attack. When we found Miss Elither in the captain's room, the girl, who was also wearing pajamas, explained:
"An earthquake, a very strong one. Don't worry, at least it didn't cause a tsunami."
Xia De wanted to ask for further details, but his eyes unconsciously saw her chest, and then his face turned red and he immediately turned around:
"Well, I'll go to the manor and check out the situation."
After Shade walked away, Luvia crossed her arms and asked the girl on the boat:
"Did you choose not to wear a bra on purpose?"
Dorothy looked at Miss Elather, and then she folded her arms.
The blue-eyed girl said with a little pride:
"This is my home, and there are no men on the ship except Shade, not even a male mouse. I was in a hurry to get out of the room just now, so I might have forgotten to put on my clothes."
The Belindel Manor was also not greatly affected by the earthquake. Although the manor was old, it had been rebuilt over the generations and reinforced by the witch. Theoretically, it would only be the turn of this manor to be destroyed after all the nearby houses had collapsed.
When Shad returned home on this Friday night, only Miss Carina and a group of maids were left at home.
Although it was late at night, the Duchess was still reading a book on the sofa, waiting for Shad to come back.
When Xia De came in, she smiled and opened her arms to hug him:
"Welcome back, you've worked so hard."
She would never say such things when Dorothy or Leicia were around:
"I'm leaving for Moon Bay tomorrow night. My luggage has been packed. You don't have to come to meet me. Bella and the others will be responsible for picking me up."
"The situation in Yuewan is very bad right now. Forget it, let's not talk about this kind of thing at night."
"Go take a shower. Your perfume smells really complicated."
The red-haired witch pretended to speak with disgust, and when Shade came to the bedroom in pajamas, the lady who looked like a white jade sculpture was already lying on the bed waiting for him.
It was Saturday, and since Xia De had already agreed with the doctor that the group meeting would be suspended this week, he didn't have to think about coming back in the afternoon.
After breakfast, he walked the cat outside as usual to prevent people from noticing that Detective Hamilton had not gone out for several days since the Duke of Carina stayed over.
After returning home, I unexpectedly found a newly delivered package on the steps in front of my door:
"Hmm? Who would send me something? Didn't Miss Gold send a letter at the beginning of the month?"
Looking at the sender on the address, it turned out to be Captain Rades.
"No, it's the Major."
Shade reminded himself.
At the end of the Green Lake negotiations, Captain Rades was promoted to major for some undisclosed merits and is currently serving in the Tobesk Navy. The package he sent was a local specialty for Shade, which was also a way to maintain the relationship between the two.
The things sent from such a distant seaside would definitely not be seafood or fish, but local travel souvenirs, a large jar of honey that is easy to store, and a model of a ship in a glass bottle.
Along with the package came a long letter in which Captain Rades described his new life in an unfamiliar environment and expressed his gratitude to Shad again.
However, Xia De did not have time to write back to him immediately. After all, today was the last day before the "God's Suspect Day", and he still had a lot to do.
The meeting time agreed with Mr. Albert was at 9:30 in the morning, but in order to avoid being late, Shad took the toy cat and went directly to Spider Alley.
It was still early when they arrived at the Spider Alley Autopsy Room, but Mr. Bernhardt was already there, and Shade suspected that he had not left last night. When Shade saw them, the two were working together to tie a resurrected undead to the dissection table.
There was no coroner in the inquest room except M. Albert, so Chateau said jokingly:
"Are you conducting necromancy experiments?"
"Don't be ridiculous, Mr. Watson. This thing revived inexplicably. Obviously, this place has not been invaded by the fog outside."
Mr. Bernhardt complained, and Shade pressed the badge on his chest, praising the angel of death in his heart, and then placed his hand on the corpse whose cause of death was unknown:
"Sleep well."
The body, which had been shaking violently, finally "died" again, and Mr. Albert breathed a sigh of relief:
"It's not difficult to kill this undead, but I won't be able to explain to the family of the deceased. You really helped a lot."
"How did he die?"
Xia De asked curiously, and the coroner shook his head:
"He ate wild mushrooms recklessly, got poisoned, went crazy and fell to his death."
They did not take Xia De to see the two vampires they caught last night, but directly told Xia De the conclusion they got after the interrogation:
"Carmen Eddington was turned into a vampire by Thomas Pidgeon. Carmen Eddington was a musician, and sometimes when she couldn't find inspiration, she would do some illegal things to stimulate herself mentally. It was during that period that he met Thomas Pidgeon.
Pidgin has been transporting supplies to the New World for the Dragon Feast Cult. In order to better ensure the safety of his business, he lured Carmen Eddington to voluntarily become a vampire.
Mr Bernhardt added:
"The two had a pleasant cooperation. Although Carmen Eddington did not have the talent to become a ring wizard, the racial talent of the vampires was enough to satisfy him. In return, he was responsible for helping Thomas Pidgeon to deal with the customs and port authority inspections at the port, which helped Pidgeon's business expand by at least five times."
"Those vampire dragonborn are also related to them?"
Shade asked, and M. Albert nodded:
"There are always local vampires who are unhappy with their lives. The two of them introduced those vampires who wanted to develop in the New World to contact the Dragon Feast Cult, and then secretly arranged for them to go to the New World. This caused our bloodline to flow out, and the two of them were rewarded with money and regular high-purity dragon blood."
"For those of our kind who cannot control their desire to suck blood, this is second only to the blood of a pure girl."
Mr. Bernhardt introduced, but did not go into detail:
"In this way, we can organize the evidence. If we, the local blood-sucking species, can perform better in the upcoming Moon Bay Battle, we can find a way to pass the evidence to the church after the war, and our local fellow vampires will no longer be hostile to us."
"I have friends in the church. I can tell them in advance that they are local vampires and will help you."
Shade said, and Mr. Bernhardt breathed a sigh of relief:
"That's great. Speaking of which, Marquis Mossen and Miss Rice were also here last night. They helped with the interrogation, which made the process much more efficient. Oh, we were attacked by those cultists after you left last night, but it wasn't a big problem."
Seeing him say this, Xia De didn't ask any more questions:
"What else do those two know about the Dragon Feast Cult?"
"The sacrificial site will descend directly into the city, so the two of them ran so far outside the city."
M. Albert said in a deep voice:
"And from what they know, the special spatial properties of the sacrificial site are extremely powerful. It can disappear out of thin air, and it can also directly 'squeeze' into a certain area without destroying other scenes in the area.
The current speculation is that the sacrificial site either appeared directly in the city center or floated in the air. "
(End of this chapter)